![]() Fresh from graduation and, after ignoring the warnings of the local hicks, Paul (Rider Strong), Karen (Jordan Ladd), Bert (James DeBello), Marcy (Cerina Vincent), and Jeff (Joey Kern), set off to their rented cabin in the woods to let off their pent-up frustration and guzzle some six-packs. ‘Tis a recipe to celebrate.Ĭabin Fever tells the tale of a contaminated reservoir and the five gormless college chums who stumble upon it. What he does is bake us a tart, stuffing his crust with affectionate nods to the greats, then seasoning with his own secret ingredient. All of his inspirations are present and correct, from The Evil Dead, to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, and Night of The Living Dead. Like his good pal Quentin Tarantino, Roth is never happier than when he is paying homage to his heroes. It certainly wasn’t groundbreaking but it had always been his intention to tread the same boards as his predecessors. However, general consensus was that of mild disapproval, and it all felt a little unjust. ![]() Some got what Roth was driving at whereas others were appalled by inaccurate boasts that it was as “scary as hell fires” and hated on it accordingly. After a fierce bidding war, Lions Gate offered a seven-figured sum, and even Peter Jackson wanted to suck his balls.Īs a direct result of Jackson’s endorsement and good old-fashioned word of mouth, Cabin Fever opened to excited audiences, with a fairly hefty task on its hands living up to its own hype. However, when his full-length debut debuted at Toronto in 2002, he can’t have been expecting such an epidemic of praise. The director has amassed something of a cult following over the past decade, adding Hostel Parts I & II and The Green Inferno to his armory. ![]() Actually, the sickness started at the tender age of eight, after watching Ridley Scott’s Alien and puking up his stomach lining, so I guess the writing was on the wall even then. However, when did a crowd of frisky teenagers, backed up to the cheeks with unspent semen, ever listen to reason?ĭirector Eli Roth dreamed up the concept for Cabin Fever while working at an Icelandic horse farm after contracting the dreaded lurgy from some moldy hay and breaking out in nasty sores, which peeled away every time he shaved. Drinking from such fonts of iniquity is asking for trouble, if you ask me, and anyone foolhardy enough to quench themselves in a venison’s B-day deserve every last injustice coming to them. Germs are okay as long as they know their place that being behind some backward town, in a stream by the woods. I don’t often shave, given the fact that my chin never did reach puberty like the rest of me but, should the whiskers grow a tad unruly, I don’t wish to contend with the indignity of peeling off layers of dead skin, before slapping on the balm and doing my very best Kevin McAllister impression. Having said that, I draw the line at the flesh-eating variety. You see, germs really ain’t all that bad. She didn’t seem to grasp the concept that there is such a thing as too clean how is one’s immune system supposed to learn the tools to fight off bacteria if it doesn’t slum it with the grime from time to time? As for cooties, I’m convinced they are just an invention conjured up to terrify small children. This daffy mare would run to the sink the moment the cat farted and spent most of her time as a guest in my house spraying enough air freshener to floor a sperm whale. My case in point would be my ex mother-in-law. ![]() I mean, I get that we should always wash our hands thoroughly after using the lavatory, whether number ones or twos, and should we sneeze on a surface used for food preparation, then I have no problem with running an antibacterial wipe across to keep things sterile.
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